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By Gary M. Rosenberg and Cori A. Rosen | December 3, 2024
New York housing agencies have long taken the position that blanket denial of applicants with criminal convictions has a disparate impact on persons of color. Here, Gary Rosenberg and Cori Rosen discuss the ‘Fair Chance for Housing Act’ effective Jan. 1, 2025, which addresses this issue - specifically criminal background checks.
By Edward T. Kang | November 27, 2024
The U.S. Constitution, which remains the bedrock of American civil rights, serves to establish a minimum level of protection that states are bound to uphold. Some state constitutions provide more expansive and detailed protections for state residents—meaning that rather than treating state constitutional claims as an afterthought, litigants can center their claims on state constitutions when those state constitutions offer more favorable grounds to secure their rights.
By Mason Lawlor | November 27, 2024
"Plaintiffs cite no case law to suggest that a student has a constitutional right to receive a certain grade on an assignment, to avoid a Saturday detention, or to gain membership in an extracurricular group such as the National Honor Society," U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson said in a Nov. 20 opinion.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 26, 2024
In its motion for publication, the federal government stated that giving the ruling precedential effect would help judges resolve other cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal ban on felon gun possession where the underlying predicate offenses are manslaughter and aggravated assault.
By Jimmy Hoover | November 25, 2024
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, questioned the idea that police destruction of property should be treated differently than eminent domain cases.
By Megan Campbell | November 25, 2024
“We should always be careful about the cases we bring, but we should also be fearless,” said Nick Brown, Washington state's incoming attorney general.
By ALM Staff | November 25, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By Cliff Rieders | November 21, 2024
This case involves the free speech provision found in Article I, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. The court found that the injunction entered by the trial court violates free speech. The neighbors had a right to put up the signs.
By Evan A. Davis | November 14, 2024
Among the positive far reaching consequences of the Equal Rights Amendment is a fix that makes New York's Bill of Rights self-executing, writes a former counsel to Gov. Mario Cuomo who was involved in talks to esatablish the terms of the amendment.
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | November 9, 2024
This situation reminds us of the current debate over whether women can leave states with post-Dobbs abortion bans to go to states where the procedure is legal.
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